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Container Gardening: Good for Flowers and Vegetables

Container gardening is one of the most versatile and creative forms of gardening.  Almost anything can be grown in a container when proper growing conditions are provided.

Generally, plants can be grown in anything that will hold soil and allow proper drainage. Gardeners don’t have to limit themselves to [...]

3 Steps for Successful Container Gardens

Here are several tips for creating a wonderful hanging basket or container this summer. The first is to use an artificial soil composed mostly of peat moss. Good soils such as Fafard or Pro-Mix use perlite, peat, and other ingredients to produce a soil that will not compact over the summer. Real garden [...]

Container Vegetable Gardening

If you do not have space for a vegetable garden or if your present site is too small, consider raising fresh, nutritious, homegrown vegetables in containers. A windowsill, patio, balcony or doorstep can provide sufficient space for a productive container garden. Problems with soilborne diseases, nematodes or poor soil can also be overcome by [...]